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ERANA applauds township’s B-MS decision
LETTER REPRINT By: Robert Kraeger,Joan Hall The following was written to Paul Pogorzelski, Van Cleef Engineering, and Matthew J Mulhall, M2 Associates, and submitted to the HVN for publication: We visited the Mercer County Planning Office last month to review the information on the B-MS application for a revised Wastewater Management Plan. While there was…
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Council, police union in accord
Contract gives 4, 5 percent raises to most cops By: Eric Schwarz Police officers will receive raises from 4 percent to 30 percent for each of the years 1999-2001, including retroactive increases for more than a year-and-a-half, under contracts approved Monday by the Borough Council. The council also reversed a decision made June 26 in…
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PENNINGTON COUNCIL UPDATE
Salary ordinance calls for 3 percent raises By:John Tredrea Pennington Borough employees would get a 3 percent raise under a one-year contract introduced by the Pennington Borough Council during its brief Monday night meeting. The contract was introduced in the form of an ordinance that the council passed unanimously on first reading. Expected to be…
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A gathering for ‘Magic’
Local store sends three players to Ohio game tournament By:Nicole Taylor Mix in some wizards with a bunch of sorcerers, a little bit of magic with a few spells, and add large portion of strategy. These are the ingredients of the popular role-playing card game Magic: The Gathering. Three local youths hope that it truly…
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Battagliese’s son sees cross burning May 27
‘Daddy, there’s a fire on our lawn’ By:John Tredrea It was about 10 p.m. May 27, the day before Memorial Day, and 7-year-old Weston Battagliese had just gone to bed after watching a children’s movie, starring Michael J. Fox and a talking mouse, with his parents and four siblings. His mother and father, Jim and…
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X-Men
Mutants with super powers square off in a battle of good vs. evil. [PG-13] By: Kam Williams Created by Marvel’s marvelous artist/writer/editor Stan Lee in 1963, the X-Men have fueled the imaginations of comic book readers ever since. The title is a bit of a misnomer, because the series focuses on a band of male and…
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In God we trust? Why not?
Most Things Considered By: Minx McCloud The Colorado Board of Education has voted to "urge" its public schools to display the words "In God We Trust." While this is a nice sentiment for those of us who believe in God, it leaves those of differing religious beliefs in a bit of a rut, not to…
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Lawrence celebrates the Fourth
Fireworks enthrall crowd at Rider University By: Linda J. Field An obscure and seemingly insignificant gravel driveway off Cold Soil Road has generated a heated dispute between a landowner, Mercer County and some neighbors that has ballooned into a court battle. The dispute has drawn in a former Lawrence Township mayor, the builder of one…
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A Chat with Mary
Abraham Lincoln lives on through Neshanic man By:Mary Kaempfen Eager and enthusiastic, Dan Bassuk of Neshanic hastened to explain what the new dimension was in his career as impersonator of Abraham Lincoln. Dr. Bassuk’s usual solitary excursions into schools have him presenting important information through original stories about Lincoln. But Dr. Bassuk and his wife,…
